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Past Events

CANCELLED - Advanced imaging techniques reveal insights into retinal ultrastructure and pathology

December 14, 2023 — 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

**THIS SEMINAR IS CANCELLED**

Robert Fariss, PhD
Chief of the Biological Imaging Core Facility
National Eye Institute
Advanced imaging techniques reveal insights into retinal ultrastructure and pathology

4-5pm

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Water's at the Heart of Vision: how water movement in opsins allows phototransduction to be investigated in photoreceptors in vivo

December 14, 2023 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Edward Pugh, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
University of California, Davis

Hybrid event (in-person and online)

Molecular underpinning of retinal degenerations

December 7, 2023 — 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm ET

Bethesda, MD

Radha Ayyagari, Ph.D.
Professor of Ophthalmology and Pathology
University of California, San Diego

Echolocation in blind and sighted humans

November 30, 2023 — 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm ET

Lore Thaler, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Durham University

Please note: This seminar will be virtual only.

Trans-NIH CVI Workshop: Roadmap to Consensus and Building Awareness

November 17, 2023 — 9:30 am to 5:00 pm ET

Workshop on Cerebral/cortical visual impairment to grow the CVI research pool, establish criteria, diagnostics, metrics, and testing parameters, develop and validate evidence-based, age-appropriate test batteries and intervention protocols, and more.

Hosted by:

  • National Eye Institute (NEI)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human  Development (NICHD)
  • National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS)

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Last updated: February 21, 2023